videos tagged human trafficking

"Returned" is a feature length documentary that follows several Nepali child soldiers including Asha, a young Nepali girl, who was sent home from the Maoist's People's Liberation Army after the cease fire. Asha joined the Maoist army when she was 14-years-old. For this young low-caste girl, joining the Maoist was a pathway to a future with education and employment. Despite two years of being on the frontlines, her biggest concern was what would await her when she returned home. Film excerpt 8:36. www.nepald

Over the past years many European countries, including Denmark, have seen a sharp increase in the number of Nigerian women involved in prostitution. The overwhelming majority of these women are victims of human trafficking. Many arrive in Europe following a horrifying journey across the African continent. Once arrived at their destination, the traffickers present each of the women with a fictitious bill of € 60 000, payable at once. (shooting location: Denmark, Nigeria). Filmmaker / director, Anja Dalhoff

See undercover video taken by police, better understand why it happens, and who is doing it. It highlights the heartbreaking reality of child trafficking around the world. Women and children in poverty are at an extremely high risk of exploitation. 5:20 min. A 2008 Viva Network / Asha Forum production in association with Fat America Films. Sponsored by World Emergency Relief. For more info go to: www.worldconcern.org

IAMEY, Niger, 15 June 2007 -- The sight of children toiling in the streets is part of the daily landscape here in Niger's capital. In one of the poorest countries in the world, two-thirds of children under the age of 14 work. They come from all over the country and sometimes from other countries in the region -- especially Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. Some of these children are trafficked, and many end up in the capital's central bus station. From there, they are hired out for menial tasks such as was

Poet Alice Walker reads the 1851 speech of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,) Novemeber 11, 2006 in Berkeley, California.

The excrutiating history of forced prostitution with the comfort women of Japan is one that must not be forgotten. As elderly survivors of this enslavement speak out Japan legislators have mixed reactions. A Sunday morning CBS news show excerpt. 2007

Exploitation of children in West Africa is an expanding industry. Girl-children many times face horrible circumstances as they are forced in the sex-trade industry. A center for Catholic nuns, that rescues children from trafficking, is outlined in this release. A VOA West Africa news production. 3:00min. 2008